Birmingham beat 10-man Leyton Orient 2-0 at St Andrew’s to extend their lead at the top of League One to nine points.The visitors were dealt an early blow when Jack Currie was sent off in the 12th minute for a late lunging challenge which caught Tomoki Iwata on the ankle.Richie Wellens’ side survived a barrage of chances in the 32nd minute when Josh Keeley spilled Paik Seung-Ho’s

Aldershot recorded back-to-back wins in their battle to avoid relegation from the National League after beating Solihull 3-1 at the EBB Stadium.Buoyed by their stoppage-time winner against Hartlepool on Saturday, the Shots raced into a 2-0 lead inside 16 minutes.Cameron Hargreaves scored for the third successive game as he produced a fine finish in only the second minute before Aaron Jones volleye

Ismaila Sarr scored twice as Crystal Palace’s sensational second half of the Premier League season continued with a 4-1 win over Aston Villa.The Eagles made it five wins in seven as they built off Saturday’s victory at Fulham with Sarr’s double – on his 27th birthday – Jean-Philippe Mateta’s 12th league goal of the season and Eddie Nketiah’s late strike.Mo

National League top scorer Ollie Pearce netted a brace as York recorded a late 3-1 victory away to struggling Maidenhead to keep their promotion dream alive.York goalkeeper Rory Watson kept out Shawn McCoulsky’s early close-range effort before Reece Smith fired over as the home side pressed for an opener, while Pearce headed wide at the other end.And summer signing Pearce broke the deadlock

Middlesbrough eased the pressure on manager Michael Carrick as Finn Azaz and Tommy Conway scored second-half goals to seal a 3-1 win at struggling Stoke.Boro had lost their five previous games and had not won on their travels since beating Hull on New Year’s Day.Stoke’s South Korean star Bae Jun-ho cancelled out Marcus Forss’ first goal of the season, but Boro wrapped up victory

Danny Welbeck made an instant impact from the bench as Brighton registered a third-successive Premier League win by beating fellow European hopefuls Bournemouth 2-1.With both sides dreaming of qualifying for continental football next season, substitute Welbeck rolled home a 75th-minute winner, having just come on in place of Joao Pedro.Pedro won and converted an early penalty to put the Seagulls i

Captain Jake Taylor converted a stoppage-time penalty to earn Eastleigh a 1-1 draw at home to Gateshead in the National League.Tyrell Sellars-Fleming had looked like firing the fourth-placed visitors to a third successive win when he struck with just four minutes remaining.The Hull loanee flicked home Luke Hannant’s ball into the box but Taylor kept his nerve from the spot to move Eastleigh

Late goals from George Miller and Jordan Thomas snatched Cheltenham a point in a 2-2 draw at home to leaders Walsall.The Saddlers had opened the scoring in the opening minute through Ellis Harrison, with Albert Adomah adding their second in the 79th minute.But Miller sparked the fightback against his former club in the 90th minute and Thomas grabbed the leveller in the third minute of time added o

Wolves missed the chance to move further away from the Premier League relegation zone after Ryan Sessegnon and Rodrigo Muniz struck to give Fulham a 2-1 victory at Molineux.Vitor Pereira’s side remain five points ahead of the bottom three but Ipswich and Leicester could cut that advantage later this week.Fulham boss Marco Silva made five changes and Sessegnon vindicated the decision to start

Atletico Madrid eyeing move for City midfield starPer Caughtoffisde, Manchester City are reportedly ready to part ways with Matteo Kovacic in the summer as Atletico Madrid are likely to place a bid for the midfield star.With Nico Gonzalez's arrival at the club, the Cityzens are planning to offload the Croatia international and are expected to demand a fee in the region of €30million.Arsenal